Mrs Moushumee Jha and Anr. Vs Mr Arvind Jha and Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Mrs Moushumee Jha and Anr. Vs Mr Arvind Jha and Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Suit disposed of on recorded undertakings: defendant no.1 to take down within 24 hours all posts/content on any media relating to his marital issues with plaintiff no.1 and his children; plaintiff nos.1 and 2 not to publish statements regarding defendant nos.1 to 3; defendant no.1 to ensure defendant nos.2 and 3 take down and refrain from future publications regarding the family issues; parties referred to Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre with appearance before the Senior Mediator on 27.02.2025 at 3:30 PM; court fee to be refunded under Section 16, Court Fees Act, 1870.

Issue for consideration

Whether defendant no.1 should take down all posts/content published on any media relating to his marital issues with plaintiff no.1 and his relationship with his children. +3 more

Court's answer

Defendant no.1 undertook to take down, within 24 hours, all posts/content published, disseminated or posted on any media relating to his marital issues with plaintiff no.1 and his relationship with his children (plaintiff no.2/younger son and Mr. Mrigank Jha/elder son).

Ratio / Principle

Plaintiff no.1 and plaintiff no.2 undertook not to publish or disseminate any statement/opinion/comment relating to defendant no.1, defendant no.2 or defendant no.3, in the context of the marital discord.

Key takeaways

Defendant no.1 undertook to ensure that defendant nos.2 and 3 would take down, and not publish or disseminate in future, any statement/opinion/comment relating to the family issues of plaintiff nos.1 and 2, the elder son Mr. Mrigank Jha, and defendant no.1.ratio¶18
Taking the parties' statements/undertakings on record, to which the parties are bound, the suit stands disposed of in those terms, along with the pending applications.ratio¶18
To attempt resolution of the marital discord, the parties were directed to take the facilitation of the Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre and to appear before the Senior Mediator on 27th February 2025 at 3:30 PM.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Anish Dayal, J.) disposed of CS(OS) 84/2025 and pending I.A.s on the basis of undertakings recorded in a matrimonial-discord dispute over online posts. Defendant no.1 (husband) undertook to take down, within 24 hours, all posts/content on any media relating to his marital issues with plaintiff no.1 and his relationship with his children (plaintiff no.2/younger son and Mr. Mrigank Jha/elder son); plaintiff nos.1 and 2 reciprocally undertook not to publish or disseminate any statement/opinion/comment on defendant nos.1 to 3; and defendant no.1 undertook to ensure defendant nos.2 and 3 take down and desist from future publications on the family issues. Noting a possibility of amicable resolution, the Court referred the parties to the Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre (appearance before the Senior Mediator on 27.02.2025 at 3:30 PM) and, treating the suit as settled through mediation, directed refund of court fee under Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CS(OS) 84/2025, I.A. 3792/2025 & I.A. 3793/2025

MRS MOUSHUMEE JHA AND ANR

.....Plaintiffs

Through: Mr. Samrat Nigam, Mr. Ajay Dabas, Ms. Priyanka Dagar and Ms. Arpita Rawat, Advocates with plaintiffs in person

versus

MR ARVIND JHA AND ORS .....Defendants Through: Mr. Manish Sangwan, Mr. Anshul Kumar & Mr. Nitesh Kakran, Advs. With Defendant no.1 in person

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL O R D E R % 21.02.2025

Pursuant to previous order of the Court dated 13^th February 2025, plaintiffs and defendant no.1 are present, along with their respective counsels.

The Court had an occasion to interact with the parties in Chambers, as also, with their respective counsels.

Defendant no.1 has undertaken to take down all the posts/content published/disseminated/posted on whichever media, relating to his marital issues with plaintiff no.1 and relationship with his children i.e. plaintiff no.2/younger son and Mr. Mrigank Jha/elder son, within the next 24 hours.

If any of the plaintiffs find that any residual post is still available on any media, they shall communicate it inter se counsel, in order that the said compliance is achieved in totality.

Considering that these utterances by defendant no. 1 were in context of marital discord; plaintiff no.1 and 2 also undertake not to publish or

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 11:52:05

disseminate any statement/opinion/comment relating to defendant no.1, defendant no. 2 or 3.

Defendant no.1 also undertakes to ensure that defendant nos.2 and 3 will take down and not publish/disseminate in future any statement/opinion/comment relating to family issues of plaintiff nos.1 and 2 and the elder son i.e. Mr. Mrigank Jha, and defendant no.1. 7. Considering these statements are taken on record, to which the parties are bound, the suit stands disposed of in these terms, along with pending applications.

It transpired during interaction with the parties that there is possibility of an amicable resolution of marital discord between plaintiff no.1 and defendant no.1.

Accordingly, to attempt resolution, the parties will take facilitation of Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre and shall appear before the Senior Mediator on 27^th February 2025 at 3:30 PM.

Considering that the instant suit stands settled between the parties through the process of mediation, court fee be refunded to counsel for plaintiffs, in accordance with Section 16 of Court Fees Act, 1870.

Registry is directed accordingly.

The suit stands disposed of with above directions.

Order be uploaded on the website of this Court.

ANISH DAYAL, J

FEBRUARY 21, 2025/sm/na

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 11:52:05